metallic element

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metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.metalheavy metal - a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about 5) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead)base metal - a metal that is common and not considered precious; "lead, iron, copper, tin, and zinc are base metals"chemical element, element - any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matternoble metal - any metal that is resistant to corrosion or oxidationAl, aluminium, aluminum, atomic number 13 - a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxiteAm, americium, atomic number 95 - a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atomsantimony, atomic number 51, Sb - a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibniteatomic number 56, Ba, barium - a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in bariteatomic number 97, berkelium, Bk - a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding americium with heliumatomic number 4, Be, beryllium, glucinium - a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic elementatomic number 83, Bi, bismuth - a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metalsatomic number 48, cadmium, Cd - a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc oresatomic number 20, Ca, calcium - a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animalsatomic number 98, californium, Cf - a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particlesatomic number 58, Ce, cerium - a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth groupatomic number 55, caesium, cesium, Cs - a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metalatomic number 24, chromium, Cr - a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishingatomic number 27, cobalt, Co - a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutritionatomic number 29, copper, Cu - a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductoratomic number 96, curium, Cm - a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nucleiatomic number 66, Dy, dysprosium - a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magneticatomic number 99, einsteinium, Es, E - a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutronsatomic number 68, Er, erbium - a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttriumatomic number 63, Eu, europium - a bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth groupatomic number 100, fermium, Fm - a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutronsatomic number 87, Fr, francium - a radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actiniumatomic number 64, gadolinium, Gd - a ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth groupatomic number 31, gallium, Ga - a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc oresatomic number 72, hafnium, Hf - a grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals; used in filaments for its ready emission of electronsatomic number 67, Ho, holmium - a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compoundsatomic number 49, indium, In - a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite